Strike Force: Test Pilot

Summary:

Test Pilot is a thrilling, comprehensive view of one of the most demanding jobs in all of aviation. Meet and fly with the world's top aircraft-men like Scott Crossfield, Kurt Schroeder, Guy Mitaux-Maurouard, Steve Ishmael, and Heinz Frick. They've all accepted the calculated risks in answering the ultimate question . . . "Will it fly?"

Explore first-hand the world of test pilots as they take military jets, rotary winged aircraft, and the latest commercial transports through their paces.

See the development of flight-testing from the Wright Flyer to the Spirit of St. Louis to the Rafale and the ATK. Stop in for gut-wrenching "spin tests" at the USAF Test Pilot School. Spend "a day in the life of a test pilot" and experience envelope expansion tests from the cockpit of the F-14 Tomcat. Plus an exclusive on-camera interview with one of the Soviet Union's best test pilots. See his spectacular flight of the MIG-29 Fulcrum at the 1988 Farnborough Air Show - including breathtaking maneuvers not often attempted in a jet aircraft.